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GILDBRS GOLD LEAF CARRYING APPARATUS.

No. 289,486. A A Patented Dec. 4, 1883.

I I I I I a; k I I I AL 5 UNIT D STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

CHARLES A. WRIGHT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

,GI-LDERSGOLD-LEAF-CARRYING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,486, dated December 4, 1883.

ApplicationfiledMay 4,1883. (N model.)

. hold the gold-leaf adapted to gilders use; and.

it consists in arranging the gold-leaf in a continuous layer and rolling it up with a roll of paper or other equivalent material further, in supporting the said roll upon one end of a base, and providing therewith means to roll said paper off of one cylinder and on to another, exposing the continuous sheet of gold-leaf in the act; further, in providing apparatus as last set forthwith atable or cushion, over which the paper runs in passing from one cylinder to the other, to enable the paper to be suitably supported to enable the gold-leaf to be readily cut; further, in providing said table with a measure, to enable the gilder to I measure off any desired length of gold-leaf without the use of an auxiliary rule or meas ure; furtl1er,i11 spacingthe roll of paper off to indicate leaves and books,whereby the goldleaf-manufaeturer can at once ascertain its contents and the gilder the quantity of gold used on any piece of work, and in details of construction, all of which are more fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, which formpart'thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide the gold-leaf in a continuous strip, instead of the small leaves now used,whereby the gilder may with more facility and rapidity perform a given quantity of work.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved gold-leaf-carrying apparatus on line at m of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of same.

Aiis the frame, and BB are the cylinders or reels upon which the paper roll is wound. These reels may be made in any manner desired. For instance, the cylinder 1) may be made of wood, with the axle E driven through,

and the sidesor flanges b may be of stamped" sheet metal secured to said cylinder. The axles are supported in brackets or standards 0, having slots D, the mouths of which placed. Any other form of bearings may be used. The ends of the axles E may be made square, as at e, or may have handles wherewith to turn the reels; but I do not deem it necessary. These reels are put under friction bysprings F, secured to the frameA at f, and pressed up against the flanges of the reels, which friction may be increased or diminished by screws G.

H is the supporting and cutting table, and may be simply made of wood; but I prefer to make it of a base, I,. with acovering of leather, chamois, or kid, K, with a filling, J, of cotton or equivalent material, as hair.

L is the roll of paper adapted to receive the gold-leaf, and consists of a long strip of paper divided off, as at M, throughout its entire length, the said divisions being sufficiently wide to take in aleaf of gold, and by numbering said divisions consecutively the number of leaves of gold placed in the book or used there-- from may be known. Every twenty five of said divisions correspond to a book, and to in dicate this I mark 1, 2, 3, 4, &c., at the end of twenty-five, fifty, seventy-five, &c., divisions; hence by referring to these numbers the number of books can be ascertained. If desired,

ginning of every new book. Sufficient paper is left undivided at each end of the roll to encircle the reels several times.

N is the gold-leaf, which is laid upon the paper roll, after the same is dusted with powder, in a continuous strip, the ends of the same overlapping each other, as indicated by dotted lines at n, so as to cause said leaves to join or unitewith each other.

' the divisions may begin with No. 1 at the be P is a scale marked or secured upon-the cutting-table or its covering; or, if desired, it may be supported from the frame A and made to extend over into position, and it is equally self'evident that it might have been made on the edge of the paper roll L 5 but I prefer it on the table, as shown, as it then may be marked and the gold-leaf may always be brought to the zero-line.

In use the apparatus is worked as follows:

Thegold-leaf is laid upon the paper L, andijy then the two strips-gold and paper-rolled upon the reel 13. This reel is filled by the manufacturer of the gold-leaf, and is then placed in-the supports at one end of frame A, preferably the right-hand side, and the other end is wrapped around the empty reel B at the left-hand side of the frame, the paper L, carrying the gold-leaf N, being supported by the table located between said reels, it being desirable that the top of said table be made on a level with the bottom of the wooden centers 1) of the reels B, to prevent sagging of the paper. By turning the left-hand reel the paper is unwrapped from the righthand reel and wound upon the left-hand reel, as indicated'by the arrow, the tension-springs F preventing any undue revolution of said reels or sagging of the paper. The gold-leaf is cut off with a bluntknife in the usual way, and the line of cut may be guided by the division-lin es. Then all of the gold is used up, the paper L is then upon the left-hand reel. and that is sent back to the rgold leaf manufacturer and the righthand reel'is transferred to the left-hand supports 0.

I do not limit myself to the construction shown, as my invention broadly comprehends the arrangement of the gold-leaf in a continuous strip and means whercwith to handle the same.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Gold-leaf for gilders use formed in a long continuous strip, in combination with a detachable support adapted to be folded or rolled up, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. -Gold-leaf for gildcrs use formed in a longcontinuous strip, incombination with a portable support, the said strip being formed by arranging a number of small sheets with their edges overlapping upon each other, sub stantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. Gold-leaf for gilders use formed in a long continuous strip, in combination with a portable support, the said support being di-.

vided by-lines into divisions indicating the number of leaves of gold as usually sold that the said continuous strip of gold would consist of, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. -Gold-leaf forgilders useformedin a long continuous strip, in combination with a portable support, the said support being divided by lines into divisions indicating the number of leaves of gold as usually sold that thesaid continuous strip of gold would consist of, and divisions to indicate the number of books of gold-leaf contained in any'length of said strip, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of two reels or cylinders and a long strip of paper or cloth, arranged to be transferred from one of said reels to the other, with a continuous strip of goldgoat laid upon said paper, the said reels being so arranged that the act of rolling the paper from one to the other exposes the gold-leaf, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination of two reels or cylinders and a long strip of paper or cloth, arranged to be transferred from one of said reels to the other, with a support or table over which the paper is drawn, arranged between said reels, and a continuous strip of gold-leaf laid upon said paper, the said reels'being so arranged that the act of rolling the paper from .one to the other exposes the gold-leaf, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination of two reels or cylinders and a long strip of paper 'or cloth, arranged to be transferred from one of said reels to the other, with a support or table over which the paper is drawn, arranged between said reels, ifriction devices to prevent said reels from readily rotating, and a continuous strip of gold-'leaflaid upon said paper, the said reels being so arranged that the act of rolling-the paper from one to the other exposes thelgoldleaf, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

S. The combination of two reels or cylinders and-a long strip of paper or cloth, ar ranged to be transferred from one of said reels to the other, with a support or table over which the paper is drawn, arranged between said reels, friction devices to prevent said reels from readily rotating, means to vary theamount of said friction, and a continuous strip of goldleaf laid upon said paper, the said reels being so arranged that the act of rolling the paper from one to the other exposes the gold-leaf, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. The combination of two reels or cylinders and a long strip of paper or cloth,-arranged to be transferred from one of said reels to the other, with a support or table over which the paper is drawn, arranged between said reels, a scale secured to or formed on said table, and a continuous strip of gold-leaf laid upon-said paper, the said reelsbeingso arranged that the act of rolling the paper from one to the other exposes the gold-leaf, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

10. The combination of reels B, supported in brackets 0, having adjustable bearings, frame A, table H, and paper strip L, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

11. The method of packing gold -leaf for gilders use, which consists in laying the goldleaf upon a long strip of paper previously dusted with a powder to prevent its adhesion, and then rolling said paper and its gold-leaf up into a roll, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention 1 hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES A. \VRIGHT.

\Vitnesses:

R. S. CHILD, J12, \V. S. MoWADE. 

